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INTRANSA SIGNS STRATEGIC CHANNEL AGREEMENT WITH RedBridge IT

Intransa announced the signing of a strategic channel agreement with RedBridge IT. This partnership will provide RedBridge IT and Intransa customers with the industry's most scalable, high-performance IP SAN family of network storage solutions for small, mid-tier and enterprise customers.

Intransa's native IP SAN product suite is designed from the ground up to leverage a company's existing Ethernet infrastructure, and uses the power of TCP/IP networking and the advantages of standard ATA disk drives -- making it a clear alternative to proprietary Fibre Channel solutions. Intransa's patented IP SAN IntraStor modular architecture allows customers to seamlessly tune capacity and performance independently without requiring a major forklift upgrade. Using Intransa's StorControl software, IT administrators can easily add an additional storage controller or disk enclosure without impacting performance or system availability.

"We are seeing incredible demand for our IP SAN systems from the department level to the enterprise," said John Noellert, vice president of North American sales at Intransa. "Partners such as RedBridge IT are a critical component to help us fulfill the burgeoning demand for our products in the Bay Area. Intransa's networked storage systems are ideally suited for business critical online applications including e-mail server consolidation, backup and restore, disaster recovery, digital media, video surveillance, data warehousing/data mining and near-line storage."

"RedBridge IT's approach is synergistic to Intransa -- to provide customers with cost effective, networked storage solutions that are designed to grow at the pace of their business," said Mike Chapman, CEO of RedBridge IT. "Intransa's modular IP SAN family provides real value for SMB and enterprise customers by allowing them to leverage their existing Ethernet investment without introducing a costly Fibre Channel solution into the equation."

About Intransa

Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Intransa is an innovator of enterprise-class, intelligent IP storage solutions that radically reduce the complexity of deploying scalable network storage. Based on advanced technology that leverages the cost and performance advantage of Ethernet and the ubiquity of IP networks, Intransa's products are enabling a new generation of information storage, delivery, and management over IP networks. Founded in September 2000, Intransa has secured $74 million in funding from Advanced Technology Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Sofinnova Ventures, Sofinnova Partners, US Venture Partners, and a major pension fund. For more information, visit www.intransa.com.